Lawn-mower



C. A. GRATIOT Feb. 28, 1933.

mm MOWER Filed Dec.

23, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l :5 M/ a 0 M m 9 4 4 v 3: H 9 o 2 3 HA. 2 ,9 N f. 6 2 7 1 f 7 edge of the blade, while subsequently to the shearing of said object theextension of the blade and consequent increase of the anglesubtended between the foremost face of the 3. blade and upper side of the stationary knife, coupled with a micrometrical; expansion" of the radial dimension of the blade, causes the wearing away of the hindermost portion of; r the edge of the blade by the scraping contact 10 of the cutters with the stationary blade after a 7 the cut is made, Inthis manner a constant whetting of the blades is accomplished.

' The destructive efiect upon the alignment ofthe' operative partscaused bygthe ac ci 15 dental contact with the rapidly revolving knives withdhard objects, such as stones,-'is minimized to a high degree. I By'theppar ticularconstruction wherein only extremely. i light portions of the mechanism having '2Quninimum1nomenta for a givenvelocity' are zit-Tee further division 'ef-the'aalai-gadisposed in vulnerable positions," the total; energyiinec'essarily' absorbed and dissipated bythe parts involved upon such accide'nt isj a! relatively small. I

of jthe revolving cutter head into I seyerallax; ial sections, flexibly interconnected with ref- I erence to rota'tive" movement,v provide *for ial 7 minimum ultimate value of the disruptive" V 3a forcesby'extending .;the time in which the i wholerevolving mass must'beretardedwitb; V ia i 5. out ill efiectj v 5 5r,

Having described 'my-:invention, what I,"

' 5? .1. In a lawnmower, a cutter head composedof a driven shaft, a-pluralityof'knife I carriers having flexible knife blades attached I thereto mounted, upon said'shafgand resilient driving-connections between said shaft '49-? and said knife carriers.

Ir'r'a lawn mower, a cutter head comprising a driving shaft, a centralknife earrier loosely-mounted on said shaft and elas tically driven thereby, and a-plurality of ad- 3ditional similar-carriers elastically driven from said central'carrien-j I u o r In a lawn mower cutter head, a rotatably'driven shaft, aplurality of knife carriers loosely mountedthereon, said knife-'7 carriers being resiliently connected by aplu- 7 rality of flexible r0ds,rand spring-conned 'tions between said knife-carriers and said shaft. a 4;. Ina lawn mower,a cutter headi comprising a rotatably driven shaft, a plurality s i of knife-carriers "loosely -mounted on. said shaft, each said carrier includinga plurality of radially directed arms having cutting-1' blades secured thereto, rods'flexibly connecting said carriers, and spring-connections be- 7 tween said carriersandsaid' shaft.

V GHESTERA. GRATICT. 

